Etymology

Devdas

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Today it means: A grieving male lover. Full definition →

Hindi देवदास ← Bengali দেবদাস
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  1. Bengali · borrowed fromদেবদাস
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromदेवदास
  3. English todayDevdas

Borrowed from Hindi देवदास (devdās) or Bengali দেবদাস (debdaś), the name of the male lead in the 1917 Bengali-language story Devdas, readapted several times since.

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